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Cartken

United States

Pivoted in 2025 from sidewalk delivery toward indoor industrial robots; raised $22.5 million in aggregate funding backed by Magna, Mitsubishi Electric and Shell Ventures.

Updated 2026-07-10 · Last verified 2026-07-09

CountryUS
CategoryAMR and logistics
Stageseries A
Founded2,019
Funding (USD)$22.5M
What they doFormer Google engineers' hardware-agnostic delivery and industrial robots (Courier, Hauler, Runner) using low-cost cameras instead of lidar.
Headcount43

Sources : Cartken (2024-07-03)TechCrunch (2025-07-20)Cartken (2026-03-31)

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Christian Verbrugge

Christian Verbrugge · D·Fairy

Bringing a physical AI solution into European industry?

15 years at KUKA on automotive OEM programs (€100M), now focused on edge AI and autonomous agents. I support robotics and embodied AI companies on their EMEA market entry: OEM and Tier 1 access, co-funded pilots, AI Act readiness.

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